Feb 17 2010
Music that Speaks and Music that Praises
I’ve been thinking about songwriting lately for two major reasons: annoyance and joy.
Annoyance with a trend in worship music these days to be formless and void (what do some of those words mean, anyway?) and joy in music that does worship and that does teach and exhort, as well as having musical excellence to it.
One of my favourite links these days is Nathan Partain’s music blog. He’s a worship leader at a Reformed church who writes folk-rock melodies for old hymns. The music is fairly rough and raw, which is how I like it, and you can download lots of it. My favourite songs are “Be Reconciled” and “Come, Jesus, Come.”
Nathan is involved with a group of worship leaders who post music, art, and liturgical thoughts under the name Cardiphonia. Check them out here.
Off topic, Rachel. I don’t know if you saw this or not: I awarded you the Prolific Blogger Award. It’s a fun way to let more people know about your blog.
Becky